diff --git a/src/__tests__/app.test.tsx b/src/__tests__/app.test.tsx
index c469b6f..46c100d 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/app.test.tsx
+++ b/src/__tests__/app.test.tsx
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ describe('source maps', () => {
     const resultTextArea = screen.getByRole('textbox', { name: /original stack trace/i })
 
     await user.type(stacktraceTextarea, regular.stacktrace)
-    expect(resultTextArea).toHaveValue(regular.reconstructed)
+    // Without matching source maps the stack trace passes through verbatim.
+    expect(resultTextArea).toHaveValue(regular.stacktrace)
 
     const sourceMapFileInput = screen.getByLabelText(/choose files/i)
     const files = regular.sourcemaps.map(sm => new File([sm.content], sm.fileName))
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ describe('source maps', () => {
     const deleteButtons = await screen.findAllByRole('button', { name: 'delete' })
     await Promise.all(deleteButtons.map(btn => user.click(btn)))
 
-    await waitFor(() => expect(resultTextArea).toHaveValue(regular.reconstructed))
+    await waitFor(() => expect(resultTextArea).toHaveValue(regular.stacktrace))
   })
 
   test('ignores empty files list', async () => {
@@ -493,35 +494,35 @@ describe('source map input race', () => {
   })
 })
 
-describe('column numbers', () => {
-  // Generated line 1 has mappings at 0-based columns 0, 10, and 11 which lead
-  // to different original lines, so an off-by-one in the column conversion
-  // resolves to a wrong original position.
-  function createCraftedSourceMap() {
-    const generator = new SourceMapGenerator({ file: 'crafted.min.js' })
-
-    generator.addMapping({
-      generated: { column: 0, line: 1 },
-      name: 'start',
-      original: { column: 0, line: 1 },
-      source: 'original.ts',
-    })
-    generator.addMapping({
-      generated: { column: 10, line: 1 },
-      name: 'first',
-      original: { column: 2, line: 5 },
-      source: 'original.ts',
-    })
-    generator.addMapping({
-      generated: { column: 11, line: 1 },
-      name: 'second',
-      original: { column: 4, line: 9 },
-      source: 'original.ts',
-    })
+// Generated line 1 has mappings at 0-based columns 0, 10, and 11 which lead
+// to different original lines, so an off-by-one in the column conversion
+// resolves to a wrong original position.
+function createCraftedSourceMap() {
+  const generator = new SourceMapGenerator({ file: 'crafted.min.js' })
 
-    return generator.toString()
-  }
+  generator.addMapping({
+    generated: { column: 0, line: 1 },
+    name: 'start',
+    original: { column: 0, line: 1 },
+    source: 'original.ts',
+  })
+  generator.addMapping({
+    generated: { column: 10, line: 1 },
+    name: 'first',
+    original: { column: 2, line: 5 },
+    source: 'original.ts',
+  })
+  generator.addMapping({
+    generated: { column: 11, line: 1 },
+    name: 'second',
+    original: { column: 4, line: 9 },
+    source: 'original.ts',
+  })
 
+  return generator.toString()
+}
+
+describe('column numbers', () => {
   test('converts 1-based stack trace columns to the 0-based source map convention and back', async () => {
     render(<App />)
     const user = userEvent.setup()
@@ -567,16 +568,64 @@ describe('column numbers', () => {
     const stacktraceTextarea = screen.getByRole('textbox', { name: /minified stack trace/i })
     const resultTextArea = screen.getByRole('textbox', { name: /original stack trace/i })
 
-    // Line 2 has no mappings, so the frame must stay as is instead of
-    // becoming `null:null:null`.
+    // Line 2 has no mappings, so the raw frame line must stay as is instead
+    // of becoming `null:null:null`.
     await user.type(stacktraceTextarea, 'Error: boom\n  at crafted.min.js:2:1')
 
     const sourcemapTextarea = screen.getByRole('textbox', { name: /source map/i })
     sourcemapTextarea.focus()
     await user.paste(createCraftedSourceMap())
 
+    await waitFor(() => expect(resultTextArea).toHaveValue('Error: boom\n  at crafted.min.js:2:1'))
+  })
+})
+
+describe('unparsed lines', () => {
+  test('preserves multi-line error messages', async () => {
+    render(<App />)
+    const user = userEvent.setup()
+
+    const stacktraceTextarea = screen.getByRole('textbox', { name: /minified stack trace/i })
+    const resultTextArea = screen.getByRole('textbox', { name: /original stack trace/i })
+
+    await user.type(
+      stacktraceTextarea,
+      'Error: boom\nsecond line of the message\n  at crafted.min.js:1:11',
+    )
+
+    const sourcemapTextarea = screen.getByRole('textbox', { name: /source map/i })
+    sourcemapTextarea.focus()
+    await user.paste(createCraftedSourceMap())
+
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(resultTextArea).toHaveValue(
+        'Error: boom\nsecond line of the message\n  at first (original.ts:5:3)',
+      ),
+    )
+  })
+
+  test('keeps unparsed lines in their original position', async () => {
+    render(<App />)
+    const user = userEvent.setup()
+
+    const stacktraceTextarea = screen.getByRole('textbox', { name: /minified stack trace/i })
+    const resultTextArea = screen.getByRole('textbox', { name: /original stack trace/i })
+
+    // The async marker and the cause chain are not recognized by the parser
+    // and must pass through in place, between the mapped frames.
+    await user.type(
+      stacktraceTextarea,
+      'Error: outer\n  at crafted.min.js:1:11\n  at async run\nCaused by: Error: inner\n  at crafted.min.js:1:1',
+    )
+
+    const sourcemapTextarea = screen.getByRole('textbox', { name: /source map/i })
+    sourcemapTextarea.focus()
+    await user.paste(createCraftedSourceMap())
+
     await waitFor(() =>
-      expect(resultTextArea).toHaveValue('Error: boom\n  at (crafted.min.js:2:1)'),
+      expect(resultTextArea).toHaveValue(
+        'Error: outer\n  at first (original.ts:5:3)\n  at async run\nCaused by: Error: inner\n  at start (original.ts:1:1)',
+      ),
     )
   })
 })
diff --git a/src/__tests__/fixtures/regular/index.ts b/src/__tests__/fixtures/regular/index.ts
index b129f0b..0e13c74 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/fixtures/regular/index.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/fixtures/regular/index.ts
@@ -11,15 +11,6 @@ export const regular = {
   at (../../node_modules/react-dom/cjs/react-dom-client.production.js:12455:3)
   at (../../node_modules/react-dom/cjs/react-dom-client.production.js:15306:7)
   at (../../node_modules/react-dom/cjs/react-dom-client.production.js:15274:7)`,
-  reconstructed: `Uncaught Error: Error!
-  at e.throwError (index-F7qoIhl0.js:2:1251)
-  at onClick (index-F7qoIhl0.js:3:5483)
-  at yd (vendor-B_FE3Fnm.js:8:125915)
-  at (vendor-B_FE3Fnm.js:8:130908)
-  at gn (vendor-B_FE3Fnm.js:8:15080)
-  at wd (vendor-B_FE3Fnm.js:8:127142)
-  at up (vendor-B_FE3Fnm.js:9:28431)
-  at cp (vendor-B_FE3Fnm.js:9:28253)`,
   result: `Uncaught Error: Error!
   at (../../src/source-map.ts:60:15)
   at (../../src/app.tsx:164:67)
diff --git a/src/lib.ts b/src/lib.ts
index 3bab27b..789300c 100644
--- a/src/lib.ts
+++ b/src/lib.ts
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ export function transform(sourceMaps: SourceMap[], stackTrace: null | StackTrace
   }
 
   const bindings = calculateBindings(sourceMaps, stackTrace)
-  const result = [stackTrace.message]
 
-  const transformed = stackTrace.frames.map(stackFrame =>
-    generateStackTraceLine(
-      toUnifiedPosition(tryGetOriginalPosition(stackFrame, bindings) ?? stackFrame),
-    ),
-  )
-
-  return result.concat(transformed).join('\n')
+  // Only replace lines whose frames were successfully mapped; everything else
+  // (error messages, unparsed lines, unmapped frames) keeps its raw text.
+  return stackTrace.lines
+    .map(({ frame, raw }) => {
+      const original = frame && tryGetOriginalPosition(frame, bindings)
+      return original ? generateStackTraceLine(toUnifiedPosition(original)) : raw
+    })
+    .join('\n')
 }
 
 function tryGetOriginalPosition(
diff --git a/src/stack-trace.ts b/src/stack-trace.ts
index 35d37c4..7c2bb72 100644
--- a/src/stack-trace.ts
+++ b/src/stack-trace.ts
@@ -2,17 +2,24 @@ import type { StackFrame } from 'stacktrace-parser'
 
 import { parse } from 'stacktrace-parser'
 
+export interface StackTraceLine {
+  frame: null | StackFrame
+  raw: string
+}
+
 export class StackTrace {
   fileNames: string[]
-  frames: StackFrame[]
-  message: string
+  lines: StackTraceLine[]
 
   constructor(rawStackTrace: string) {
-    const frames = parse(rawStackTrace)
-
-    this.frames = frames
-    this.message = this.#extractErrorMessage(rawStackTrace)
-    this.fileNames = this.#extractFileNames(frames)
+    // Parse line by line so that lines the parser does not recognize
+    // (error messages, async markers, cause chains) keep their raw text.
+    this.lines = rawStackTrace.split('\n').map(raw => ({
+      frame: parse(raw)[0] ?? null,
+      raw,
+    }))
+
+    this.fileNames = this.#extractFileNames(this.lines)
   }
 
   static create(rawStackTrace: string) {
@@ -24,21 +31,17 @@ export class StackTrace {
 
     const stackTrace = new StackTrace(rawStackTrace)
 
-    if (stackTrace.frames.length === 0) {
+    if (stackTrace.lines.every(line => !line.frame)) {
       return null
     }
 
     return stackTrace
   }
 
-  #extractErrorMessage(stackTrace: string) {
-    return stackTrace.split('\n')[0]
-  }
-
-  #extractFileNames(frames: StackFrame[]) {
+  #extractFileNames(lines: StackTraceLine[]) {
     const files = new Set<string>()
 
-    frames.forEach(f => f.file && files.add(f.file))
+    lines.forEach(line => line.frame?.file && files.add(line.frame.file))
 
     return Array.from(files)
   }